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nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems the party solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that black crowd gun x. which kind of floating out there from washington where you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates joel stein and gary johnson on our web site on si dot com well even before its begun voting on election day already faces destruction due to the devastating storm tore through america's east coast and some measures introduced to avoid those breakdowns threaten the transparency of the process as often as more important now reports from new york. for the first time in history americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sa
nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems the party solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that black crowd gun x. which kind of floating out there from washington where you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates joel stein and gary johnson on our web site on si...
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nader ran on a third party ticket and many people believe i don't know if it's true or not but many people believe in are still angry at nader that he cost gore the election that gore would have won the presidency because nader took just enough votes maybe three percent to to defeat gore and the consequence was. in the view of many people the gore presidency and all that came from that so some people think that a third party can also play a tragic role there's a big debate about this from on the right and the left in america do you think that american the american political system will ever go to multi-party oh it will stay in a deal i know people in america are thinking about it this very moment because they don't understand how it's possible that the democrats might lose an election just one on november sixth when all the conditions exist for a great democratic victory we were virtually in a depression this is when democrats won and yet they're tied with two publicans and so some people are saying we've got to do something about the democratic party maybe we should split it maybe
nader ran on a third party ticket and many people believe i don't know if it's true or not but many people believe in are still angry at nader that he cost gore the election that gore would have won the presidency because nader took just enough votes maybe three percent to to defeat gore and the consequence was. in the view of many people the gore presidency and all that came from that so some people think that a third party can also play a tragic role there's a big debate about this from on...
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nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems the party's solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that black card you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates jill stein and gary johnson on our website at r t dot com now peter lindsay who is running for the u.s. presidency as a candidate for the party for socialism and that liberation says that her aim is to give voters an alternative that's not influenced by corporate finance who are running to expose the elections and to give voters an alternative to talk about how you know from our perspective changes never come from the elections never come from the politicians change comes from building the movement in the two party system is really just a form of class rule you know it's a way for the one percent to exercise their almost unlimited domination of the political and economic sy
nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems the party's solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that black card you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates jill stein and gary johnson on our website at r t dot com now peter lindsay who is running for the u.s....
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nader huge fan thank you so much for coming on talking to me really appreciate it supposed to be. something like you see so far go to our youtube channel at youtube dot com plus breaking the fat and subscribe check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash bacon fat and check out our website at fan made as a break in the set dot com or follow me on twitter at abby martin and i take a break from my preaching stay tuned to hear about the u.s. double standards when it comes to the middle east next. wealthy british style. sometimes. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy which makes cars or for a no holds barred global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our. judges wedding bells fifteen goats two counts. forty kilograms of rights one thousand flatbreads. but why is the bride in a bad mood. to tell the groom he's not the one. the rule is a done deal. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage walking the iran tightrope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate will
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let's thank ralph nader. [applause] in 1927 a flood caused much damage to mount billiar and today hastily built bridges along the north branch and wotitzky rivers have become landmarks in the trinity. booktv discovered several landmarks in montpellier during our tour. >> rediscovering community, bringing decision-making back home it falls into a whole idea of the local which is very strong in vermont and local people say this is crazy, the way our food system is that. why are we bringing in tomatoes from 3000 miles away like to get the mere and they taste like cardboard. that doesn't make any sense. we have a capacity the capacity in our own community to foster farms and to develop relationships between farmers and theaters which is all of us and have a very vital lively food system. so we took that idea, slow when we thought wow what an insight that we could take the slow food in the local movement and apply it to her democratic structures because right now washington is like that faraway farm that is genera
let's thank ralph nader. [applause] in 1927 a flood caused much damage to mount billiar and today hastily built bridges along the north branch and wotitzky rivers have become landmarks in the trinity. booktv discovered several landmarks in montpellier during our tour. >> rediscovering community, bringing decision-making back home it falls into a whole idea of the local which is very strong in vermont and local people say this is crazy, the way our food system is that. why are we bringing...
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caller: i remember back when ralph nader was running for president. ralph nader at that time wanted america, especially the republicans to not vote for those people -- [indiscernible] that is not going to happen. your job as. be sent overseas. what happened? white republicans vote for white republicans. and now white republicans are planning a black democratic president for their problems that they created. we do not have a job because they voted for the people who sent our jobs overseas. and now they are getting ready to vote for a man who said the jobs overseas. how stupid can you be? guest: i think one of the figures, one of the things we have seen and trade over the past not just a decade, but two decades is a steady flow of jobs overseas. it has been particularly battered throughout the past decade. when you say economies open up, you see the rise of other economies around the world -- there provided cheaper labor and an opportunity for businesses to source their production it differently overseas. and that has been a fact of this. it is not nece
caller: i remember back when ralph nader was running for president. ralph nader at that time wanted america, especially the republicans to not vote for those people -- [indiscernible] that is not going to happen. your job as. be sent overseas. what happened? white republicans vote for white republicans. and now white republicans are planning a black democratic president for their problems that they created. we do not have a job because they voted for the people who sent our jobs overseas. and...
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i think he was, you know, the most famous, but he had a definite -- he supported ralph nader in 2000. and bush cheney in 2004. >> barely. i can set the record straight on that. >> but that was his position. >> but also, i mean, if you want to get into it. >> all i'm saying -- >> because of making a different point. >> i am. this sort of -- he goes, and then what he loves, is justifying it, ex post facto. and he, you know, the one on earth wanted to debate him on any of these topics. he could be an absolute terrifying speaker, not just perfect sentences, but paragraphs and sequins. but anyway, i'm just saying that he is an odd fish, and he's not, that is what was so stimulating about him. >> we just saw mitchell kaplan. and he remembered in a van we did in miami. 1,000 people. some of you may have actually been there. christopher was not in debate with one person. he was a debate with a rabbi, an evangelical christian, a buddhist nun, dr. islamic in one of the person i can't recall, and each of them made there case and christopher would get up and offers a bottle. the doctor of is lock
i think he was, you know, the most famous, but he had a definite -- he supported ralph nader in 2000. and bush cheney in 2004. >> barely. i can set the record straight on that. >> but that was his position. >> but also, i mean, if you want to get into it. >> all i'm saying -- >> because of making a different point. >> i am. this sort of -- he goes, and then what he loves, is justifying it, ex post facto. and he, you know, the one on earth wanted to debate him...
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ralph nader moderated the debate. >> abc 7 is on your side tracking problems at the polls. share with us when you see problems from long lines to machine malfunctions. visit wjla.com/poll problems or poll problems on twitter or send an e-mail to poll problems at g-mail.com. be sure to stay with us and wjla.com for your election night coverage. we are teaming up with abc news for the presidential raise and we will have our reporters on the ground in boston and chicago, the local races of course as well. our coverage begins tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. hope you will join us. >> new york and new jersey bracing for another storm as they try to muddle through the aftermath of sandy. tempers and frustrations are high as drivers deal with long lines for gas. the power is starting to return but hundreds of thousands still without electricity. the new york governor says the state could face a massive housing problem as well. >> officials in fauquier county seeking information from residents about the extent of property damage from hurricane sandy. residents can call this number to rep
ralph nader moderated the debate. >> abc 7 is on your side tracking problems at the polls. share with us when you see problems from long lines to machine malfunctions. visit wjla.com/poll problems or poll problems on twitter or send an e-mail to poll problems at g-mail.com. be sure to stay with us and wjla.com for your election night coverage. we are teaming up with abc news for the presidential raise and we will have our reporters on the ground in boston and chicago, the local races of...
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. >> jimmy: i voted for ralph nader. and -- [ laughter ] and one day, one year he's gonna do it. [ light laughter ] congrats on the book, my friend. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: "places and spaces i've been." you know, a lot of people on the internet are doing this with your book. did you see that? >> yeah. [ laughter ] oh, you know what? speaking of -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's like you're interviewing yourself. >> you know what, i wanted to do like, a skit with you, but you could just do a perfect one right there. >> jimmy: yeah, it's good. well, explain to people what this book is about. [ laughter ] >> hi, i'm pharrell. i think i'm cool. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i just make things up and take pictures and claim -- >> jimmy: no. look -- >> and claim that i did it. >> jimmy: this is not -- it's not an autobiography per se. >> no, no. it's not. it is -- i chose to -- first of all, i'm not an author so i'm not gonna claim that. you know, some people do that but, you know, i -- >> jimmy: snooki is. sno
. >> jimmy: i voted for ralph nader. and -- [ laughter ] and one day, one year he's gonna do it. [ light laughter ] congrats on the book, my friend. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: "places and spaces i've been." you know, a lot of people on the internet are doing this with your book. did you see that? >> yeah. [ laughter ] oh, you know what? speaking of -- [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's like you're interviewing yourself. >> you...
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green party candidate ralph nader. he got 2.8 million votes in the 2000 election. ross perot holds the record for most third party votes all-time, though. thanks for all those tweets. been checking that twitter feed. you guys were busy. >>> his resignation for the cia and the reason he gave for it have rocked washington. many calling the departure of general david petraeus a blow to the intelligence and military communities. what does it mean for national security? let's bring in cnn's state of the union host candy crowley. candy, good morning to you. senator dianne feinstein even wished president obama hadn't accepted the resignation. was there any other option for the president? >> i think had there been another option, had they seen that he could stay as head of the cia, they would have taken it. this was a very popular man both with republicans and democrats. he got into the limelight recently because of benghazi and the cia's role and what it did and didn't do. nonetheless, we are talking about a man, general petraeus, who has been very popular on both sides o
green party candidate ralph nader. he got 2.8 million votes in the 2000 election. ross perot holds the record for most third party votes all-time, though. thanks for all those tweets. been checking that twitter feed. you guys were busy. >>> his resignation for the cia and the reason he gave for it have rocked washington. many calling the departure of general david petraeus a blow to the intelligence and military communities. what does it mean for national security? let's bring in cnn's...
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nader and an owl or who should of been president and would have prevented some of what we see happening now did not occur, the left one take responsibility for the fact the extraordinary intelligence of glen ford and many leftists notwithstanding, the reality is, his the most progressive president since fdr. >> that is opera, for professor, commentator michael eric dyson. >> i have known him for a long time. i love him with all of my heart. it is so disappointing to hear michael, professor dyson, advance that kind of argument. he comes out of a black prophetic tradition that is rooted in speaking truth to power, and i might add, to the powerless. but to somehow try to suggest in any way this president has been progressive or is the best example of progressivism which could put forth in this country is just inaccurate. this is precisely why dr. west and i and others are on the truth. we believe the president has to be pushed. i have been across the nation and heard the great presidents are not born, they are made. they have to be pushed into their greatness. abraham lincoln, i just saw t
nader and an owl or who should of been president and would have prevented some of what we see happening now did not occur, the left one take responsibility for the fact the extraordinary intelligence of glen ford and many leftists notwithstanding, the reality is, his the most progressive president since fdr. >> that is opera, for professor, commentator michael eric dyson. >> i have known him for a long time. i love him with all of my heart. it is so disappointing to hear michael,...
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ralph nader. >> eliot: robert rice. i would put him in any cabinet position. host of new york 1 errol louis and editor tina but dupuy. our special election night of the view finder is ahead. more "viewpoint" coming up. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound of tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, just 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe and i sea food differently. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, g
ralph nader. >> eliot: robert rice. i would put him in any cabinet position. host of new york 1 errol louis and editor tina but dupuy. our special election night of the view finder is ahead. more "viewpoint" coming up. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5...
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nader, gary johnson, jeff figures, mickey edwards and sunday at the theme continues at 3:00 eastern with edward klein, michael grunwald and rose mary gibson. visit booktv.org for complete schedule of television programming. booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guest and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information and events. facebook.com/tv. ..ear me all right? some buddies waving their hands in the back. could you wave your hand? thank you very much. welcome to this session of the texas >> welcome to this book festival. 15 minutesr guest, h. brand, and bill will be signing books read it is down the street. please patronize the book signing tens in the bookstore, as you know, and buy his book. >> this is the book. b "the man who saved the union." it will go to support texasit i libraries. and it is for a worthy cause.ind h.w. brand, bilbray on the, isn a professor of history at the c university of texas here in austin. man his focus has been on american history and politics and it num includes a number of tremendous books he has written of which this is th
nader, gary johnson, jeff figures, mickey edwards and sunday at the theme continues at 3:00 eastern with edward klein, michael grunwald and rose mary gibson. visit booktv.org for complete schedule of television programming. booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guest and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information and events. facebook.com/tv. ..ear me all right? some buddies waving their hands in the back. could you wave your hand? thank you very much. welcome to this...
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that's with ralph nader pulling 2.5 million votes away from us. so, what you got then was, i don't them saying, oh, wait a minute, the country's divided, slow down. the republicans had control. they won, i think, they didn't really win, but the supreme court said they did. they went right through with wars and tax cuts. i'm not saying we should run rough shod but with that large electoral vote, with every swing state except one going with us, with every contested senate rate but one going with us, clearly that's a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy, keep military spending on the downward path and do other things but in a balanced way. >> now, paul ryan says this was not a referendum on his budget. in fact, he says that the president won because of a large turnout in the urban vote. there was a large turnout. but if you look at the obama coalition, women 18 to 44 years old, asians, latinos, black, catholics, moderates, income less than $50,000, this was the coalition, not just urban -- >> oh, absolutely. >> let me ask you this, congressman, you
that's with ralph nader pulling 2.5 million votes away from us. so, what you got then was, i don't them saying, oh, wait a minute, the country's divided, slow down. the republicans had control. they won, i think, they didn't really win, but the supreme court said they did. they went right through with wars and tax cuts. i'm not saying we should run rough shod but with that large electoral vote, with every swing state except one going with us, with every contested senate rate but one going with...
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or i really like ralph nader and what he stands for. nothing to do with the presidency. nothing to do with it. screwed up so many of our elections, being so npr, pbs, hoity-toity. don't do that. >> don't play referee. you know it's true. >> i'm not -- >> you try to play referee. >> time out, coach. i'm trying to say maybe npi -- >> the people that think about democracy are really -- really a joke on themselves. >> rick hertzberg -- >> by the way, don't watch rick unless you vote. he's a good friend of mine. >> go in about 55 minutes. >> dvr this. >> i can't stand nonvoters. >> must see television. >> richard became an american to vote. >> that's totally true. i think it's important if you are a member of a community you need to vote. you know, there's -- it's incredibly hard to be a full member of the community, the place you live, to have that sense of belonging unless you vote and so i'm with you. i think people -- they're reckless, not just idiots they're reckless. they are not taking care of their families or their community. actually i don't mind. i disagree. don't
or i really like ralph nader and what he stands for. nothing to do with the presidency. nothing to do with it. screwed up so many of our elections, being so npr, pbs, hoity-toity. don't do that. >> don't play referee. you know it's true. >> i'm not -- >> you try to play referee. >> time out, coach. i'm trying to say maybe npi -- >> the people that think about democracy are really -- really a joke on themselves. >> rick hertzberg -- >> by the way, don't...
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nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved their headquarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo, that had lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400, 50,000 people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation. they got tax cuts, all kinds of things. so the power shift tilted the policy towards business, towards the wealthy. that started in the late '70s literally when you and i were there. at the same time, you had what i call wedge economics in the economy. used to be that the prosperity, the growth of american productivity was shared. middle class had its share along with the owners, along with the shareholders. the productivity of the american workforce doubled from 1945 to 1975. >> i know a lot about this. there's gucci gulch for all t
nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved their headquarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo, that had lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400, 50,000 people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation. they got tax...
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you've got the tea party and all kind of other -- ralph nader and those kinds of people. so i think it's just really important to, you know, exercise your right. host: the "wall street journal" highlights president obama in iowa, finishing up his tour, he's heading back to illinois today on the schedule playing some basketball which is a tradition of his on election day. here's another e-mail -- >> to all of you who lived and breathed the hard work of change, i want to thank you. you took this campaign and you made it your own and you organized yourself block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county, starting a movement that spread across the country, a movement that made up of young and old and rich and poor and young and -- back and white, gay, straight, democrats, latino, who all believe they've got something to contribute. and we all deserve a shot at our own american dream. and when the cynics said we couldn't, you said yes, we can. [applause] you said yes, we can and we did. against all odds, we did. we didn't know what challenges would come when we
you've got the tea party and all kind of other -- ralph nader and those kinds of people. so i think it's just really important to, you know, exercise your right. host: the "wall street journal" highlights president obama in iowa, finishing up his tour, he's heading back to illinois today on the schedule playing some basketball which is a tradition of his on election day. here's another e-mail -- >> to all of you who lived and breathed the hard work of change, i want to thank...
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nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved their headquarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo, that had lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400, 50,000 people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation. they got tax cuts, all kinds of things. so the power shift tilted the policy towards business, towards the wealthy. that started in the late '70s literally when you and i were there. at the same time, you had what i call wedge economics in the economy. used to be that the prosperity, the growth of american productivity was shared. middle class had its share along with the owners, along with the shareholders. the productivity of the american workforce doubled from 1945 to 1975. >> i know a lot about this. there's gucci gulch for all t
nader and those guys. he said, business you have to get to washington, take to high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, national association of manufacturers moved their headquarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo, that had lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400, 50,000 people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation. they got tax...
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nader was sponsoring here he, too, was very much a critic, and so the criticism that was being leveled at fannie mae was really coming from i think all sides, although admittedly the conservatives were more on top of it than the democrats and the liberals. the concern in addition to the cultural change that i saw was a result of changes that were going on inside of fannie mae. and freddie mac to a lesser extent. bob has done a marvelous job of tracing this history and the evolution in the book. and for me it was something like a trip down memory lane, to read his book. because i kept running into names of people like ray lapin, roger brooke, all of the people who were involved in the agency and running it. one summer i read the guinness book, james buchanan, the nobel laureate, economic scientist, and got turned on to the concept of public choice theory. that was another alarm bell for me because it gave me another perspective in which to look at what is going on inside of washington. i thought very much about all of this would get salt because the problems were so immense that it seem
nader was sponsoring here he, too, was very much a critic, and so the criticism that was being leveled at fannie mae was really coming from i think all sides, although admittedly the conservatives were more on top of it than the democrats and the liberals. the concern in addition to the cultural change that i saw was a result of changes that were going on inside of fannie mae. and freddie mac to a lesser extent. bob has done a marvelous job of tracing this history and the evolution in the book....
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ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration back in 2001. >> what about the second cliff, the bush tax cuts? >> i think -- you get towards the end in a thing and if the republicans have played it right, they said look, push it out a month or two weeks so you should never actually go over these things, just as you do with continuing resolutions. say, look, give it a week, two months. >> the president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that way. >> the republicans also have other leverage. continuing resolutions on spending and the debt ceiling increase. they can give him debt ceiling increases once a month. have him on a short leash, here's your allowance. >> you are proposing that the debt ceiling be increased monthly? >> monthly if he's good. it's an accordion. that's what they did the first few months when the republicans took the house and the senate -- took the house, they said ok, two weeks of continuing resolution because you have saved $4 billion now you have agreed to $8 billion and have four weeks. what happened with the freshmen, the tea
ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration back in 2001. >> what about the second cliff, the bush tax cuts? >> i think -- you get towards the end in a thing and if the republicans have played it right, they said look, push it out a month or two weeks so you should never actually go over these things, just as you do with continuing resolutions. say, look, give it a week, two months. >> the president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that...
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nader. as far as gary johnson's real impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that are very close. we have an independent in virginia, former congressman virgil goode who once represented the area i am in right now, fifth district of virginia. he was a very popular congressman. he lost a reelection in 2008 in the obama wave by just a tiny number of votes, about 700. it was the closest congressional race in the entire country in 2008. he's got strong support on the north carolina border. he is a very conservative republican. he is running as the constitution candidate because he thin
nader. as far as gary johnson's real impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that...
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ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration struggled and then together back in 2001. >> so that is the first cliff. what about the bush tax cuts going forward? >> i think if you went over, first of all you get towards the end, and if the republicans have played with a single, let's push it out of my for two weeks while we finish this, so you should never actually go over. just as you do with continuing resolutions. if you say look, given to, give it a month. >> this president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that way. >> the republicans also have other leverage, continuing resolutions on spending, and the debt ceiling increase. they can give them debt ceiling increases once a month. they can have them on a rather short leash, on a small here's your allowance, comeback next month month if you behaved. >> weight. you are proposing that the debt ceiling be increased month by month? >> monthly if he is good. weekly if he is not. it's an accordion. that's what they did, remember the first few months when the republicans took the house and senate. th
ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration struggled and then together back in 2001. >> so that is the first cliff. what about the bush tax cuts going forward? >> i think if you went over, first of all you get towards the end, and if the republicans have played with a single, let's push it out of my for two weeks while we finish this, so you should never actually go over. just as you do with continuing resolutions. if you say look, given to, give it a month. >>...
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. >> john: yeah, as ralph nader used to say we don't grow up civic in america, we grow up corporate. we know the jingles to a lot of tv commercials, and we don't grow up with a sense of who we are and what our own powers as citizens are, and i think wal-mart is a great example of that. and god bless you patricia for caring about people. the wal-mart folks have used a lot of nice talking points that make it sound like they are a happy wonderland. and it's easy to pick on them because they make ungodly pro -- profits, and now their employees are being called in to work on thanksgiving day to get ready for black friday. >> john: exactly. and then people who can go out and night at work. my mom was a nurse, and i grew up and having my mom go out and work on christmas and thanksgiving all the time. >> john: my dad was a union postal worker who worked on christmas eve. >> john: but how did they day your dad on christmas eve. >> caller: this was back in denver in the 60s and 70s, and he was making good money, but when it came to strike that's when everything blew up. i don't know if you rem
. >> john: yeah, as ralph nader used to say we don't grow up civic in america, we grow up corporate. we know the jingles to a lot of tv commercials, and we don't grow up with a sense of who we are and what our own powers as citizens are, and i think wal-mart is a great example of that. and god bless you patricia for caring about people. the wal-mart folks have used a lot of nice talking points that make it sound like they are a happy wonderland. and it's easy to pick on them because they...
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ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration back in 2001. >> what about the second cliff, the bush tax cuts? >> i think -- you get towards the end in a thing and if the republicans have played it right, they said look, push it out a month or two weeks so you should never actually go over these things, just as you do with continuing resolutions. say, look, give it a week, two months. >> the president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that way. >> the republicans also have other leverage. continuing resolutions on spending and the debt ceiling increase. they can give him debt ceiling increases once a month. have him on a short leash, here's your allowance. >> you are proposing that the debt ceiling be increased monthly? >> monthly if he's good. it's an accordion. that's what they did the first few months when the republicans took the house and the senate -- took the house, they said ok, two weeks of continuing resolution because you have saved $4 billion now you have agreed to $8 billion and have four weeks. what happened with the freshmen, the tea
ralph nader and i were lobbying the bush administration back in 2001. >> what about the second cliff, the bush tax cuts? >> i think -- you get towards the end in a thing and if the republicans have played it right, they said look, push it out a month or two weeks so you should never actually go over these things, just as you do with continuing resolutions. say, look, give it a week, two months. >> the president is not going to extend. he knows that he loses his leverage that...
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>> i voted for jill stein, and in every other election, i voted for ralph nader. it seems to me that these campaigns of voter suppression in these four or five crucial states which are up for grabs, most of the other states are predetermined, like massachusetts or new jersey, and there, the republicans clearly intended to cheat. to stand seven lines -- seven hours in line to vote in florida, i voted in minutes in new jersey. i think they do not want us to vote, and i think that is about -- the labor party in germany never pull was more than 5%. you had a three-party run in canada. -- have a three-party run. saying what they did, really in the political wilderness, because time is running out and because we have to build parallel systems of power, i think it is important. >> i went to bring you back into the conversation with our commentator. where do you see, if there is an obama victory, as many are predicting right now, just looking at the numbers, what do you see are the most critical issues for people to organize around? hal owen do you see president obama? cl
>> i voted for jill stein, and in every other election, i voted for ralph nader. it seems to me that these campaigns of voter suppression in these four or five crucial states which are up for grabs, most of the other states are predetermined, like massachusetts or new jersey, and there, the republicans clearly intended to cheat. to stand seven lines -- seven hours in line to vote in florida, i voted in minutes in new jersey. i think they do not want us to vote, and i think that is about...
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there are certainly a lot of people who believe that ralph nader in 2000 cost al gore the presidency. i suspect some of whom have never forgiven mr. nader for that. host: new haven, connecticut. caller: my question is about florida. host: are you still there? caller: why is there always a problem concerning florida when it is time to vote? you would think that as the years pass, they would get it right sooner or later concerning people's rights to vote. guest: and sorry, i did not. host: we talked about the two men involved. give us some history as to how this would be resolved. guest: the first time it went to the house was in 1800. in 1844, there were four candidates. the man who came in second in both the popular and electoral vote, john quincy adams, went on to win in the house because the man who came in fourth and was therefore eliminated had pulled some strings and produced a victory for adams. i think, in many ways, he regretted that and henry clay, the speaker, more that as a stamp of shame for the rest of his days and prevented him from ever becoming president. and trying to
there are certainly a lot of people who believe that ralph nader in 2000 cost al gore the presidency. i suspect some of whom have never forgiven mr. nader for that. host: new haven, connecticut. caller: my question is about florida. host: are you still there? caller: why is there always a problem concerning florida when it is time to vote? you would think that as the years pass, they would get it right sooner or later concerning people's rights to vote. guest: and sorry, i did not. host: we...
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let's thank ralph nader. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> live look at the polling center in roslyn, va. just outside washington d.c.. we have visited this spot throughout the day and the lines remain long. polls close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. according to ap virginia election officials heavy turnout is leading to long lines at polling places across the state. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. today. officials say less than a dozen of the 2400 polling places state why didn't open on time. >> we want to hear from you on our facebook page. did you vote today and if so who did you vote for? currently we are showing 33,000 voted for president obama on facebook conlan and 18,000 for mitt romney. >> the big picture when you are watching the house race on election night is republicans are going to hold the house. no one outside the most optimistic person in the democratic party thinks they have a shot to win the house. >> we start watching for a few key states where democrats can pick up a few seats. >> in new york a few
let's thank ralph nader. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> live look at the polling center in roslyn, va. just outside washington d.c.. we have visited this spot throughout the day and the lines remain long. polls close at 7:00 p.m. eastern. according to ap virginia election officials heavy turnout is leading to long lines at polling places across the state. polls opened at 6:00 a.m. today. officials say less than a dozen of the 2400 polling places state why didn't open on time....
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ralph nader and others so come forward to go to the battle. you are the don quixotes in a way and the windmills have a way of stopping and we have a way of saluting you just to get into the fray so i thank you for your efforts, all you have done. i want to salute cristina and what she does. [applause] >> thank you. >> how did free and equal start? >> it came from my dad. jim tobin ran for governor back in 1998. today is his birthday so happy birthday, dad. this is my legacy. we are in non-partisan organization igniting the grass roots and bring the power back to the people. [applause] >> christianne has closing remarks and i want to tag gary johnson, bill stein, and virgil goode, and rocky anderson. thank you to the audience as well. [applause] outlook turned over to christina tobin for the close. >> i want to thank larry king for being a dream come true. [applause] my executive producer and producer and the whole crew people, thank you to them and all of our supporters out there and the candidates and a week, the people. i have good news for
ralph nader and others so come forward to go to the battle. you are the don quixotes in a way and the windmills have a way of stopping and we have a way of saluting you just to get into the fray so i thank you for your efforts, all you have done. i want to salute cristina and what she does. [applause] >> thank you. >> how did free and equal start? >> it came from my dad. jim tobin ran for governor back in 1998. today is his birthday so happy birthday, dad. this is my legacy....
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caller: i remember back when ralph nader was running for president. ralph nader at that time wanted america, especially the republicans to not vote for those people -- [indiscernible] that is not going to happen. your job as. be sent overseas. what happened? white republicans vote for white republicans. ours jobs were sent overseas. and now white republicans are planning a black democratic president for their problems that they created. we do not have a job because they voted for the people who sent our jobs overseas. and now they are getting ready to vote for a man who said the jobs overseas. how stupid can you be? guest: i think one of the figures, one of the things we have seen and trade over the past not just a decade, but two decades is a steady flow of jobs overseas. it has been particularly battered throughout the past decade. when you say economies open up, you see the rise of other economies around the world -- there provided cheaper labor and an opportunity for businesses to source their production it differently overseas. and that has been
caller: i remember back when ralph nader was running for president. ralph nader at that time wanted america, especially the republicans to not vote for those people -- [indiscernible] that is not going to happen. your job as. be sent overseas. what happened? white republicans vote for white republicans. ours jobs were sent overseas. and now white republicans are planning a black democratic president for their problems that they created. we do not have a job because they voted for the people who...
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nader. as far as gary johnson's real impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that are very close. we have an independent in virginia, former congressman virgil goode who once represented the area i am in right now, fifth district of virginia. he was a very popular congressman. he lost a reelection in 2008 in the obama wave by just a tiny number of votes, about 700. it was the closest congressional race in the entire country in 2008. he's got strong support on the north carolina border. he is a very conservative republican. he is running as the constitution candidate because he thin
nader. as far as gary johnson's real impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that...
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a great conversation, ralph nader has been by. years ago -- >> what did he learn from his -- >> did me a favor of not bothering me with his problems which was great that spin too much time trying to make money. >> a useful friends with him? >> i never said anything about him. >> as we go, you have an unusual hobby. you, something unusual. >> i have a collection of backers. also have a collection of airsickness bags. one thing i do ask people who come to the meeting, very helpful if you are traveling, you have an airsickness bag which the free present government afghanistan air sickness bag, so it is a great collection and somebody mentioned years ago in a profile starting in an e-mail, this is -- and odd quirky thing i did. >> what is the mood at the meeting going to be? >> people are very optimistic. people were disappointed because we didn't have the house senate president and then people thought we were going to get the president in the senate and stock didn't go up. we elected a house stronger than the last one. the president
a great conversation, ralph nader has been by. years ago -- >> what did he learn from his -- >> did me a favor of not bothering me with his problems which was great that spin too much time trying to make money. >> a useful friends with him? >> i never said anything about him. >> as we go, you have an unusual hobby. you, something unusual. >> i have a collection of backers. also have a collection of airsickness bags. one thing i do ask people who come to the...
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ralph nader. many people believe he was very much a factor in the result resn 2000. you go all the way back to 19 auto, john anderson. and throughout history-- we may not remember all their names but they have played a role in american politics. >> absolute. you can go back to 1968 and orge wallace and hismerican independent party. and the fact of the matter is, richard nixon, once elected, adopted-- i remember-- the nixon southern strategy. it was designed, as much as anything else, to coopt to bring the southern democrats, conservatives, into the republican party. if not formally, then in practical terms. and, indeed, the nixon landed slide in 1972 was built very largely around the success of that strategy. independents and third-party candidates do be when they have a cause. >> that's right. >> to arouse passion. enough passion to draw people away from their conventional political loyalties. and it's a curious thing. in some ways, you would have thought this year with the concern people are voicing about the deficit, about the course of the economy, you would have
ralph nader. many people believe he was very much a factor in the result resn 2000. you go all the way back to 19 auto, john anderson. and throughout history-- we may not remember all their names but they have played a role in american politics. >> absolute. you can go back to 1968 and orge wallace and hismerican independent party. and the fact of the matter is, richard nixon, once elected, adopted-- i remember-- the nixon southern strategy. it was designed, as much as anything else, to...
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nader. realr as gary johnson's impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that are very close. we have an independent in virginia, former congressman virgil goode who once represented the area i am in right now, fifth district of virginia. he was a very popular congressman. he lost a reelection in 2008 in the obama wave by just a tiny number of votes, about 700. it was the closest congressional race in the entire country in 2008. he's got strong support on the north carolina border. he is a very conservative republican. he is running as the constitution candidate because he thinks mit
nader. realr as gary johnson's impact, let's put it in context. since libertarians have run for president in the modern era, they have only one more than 1% a single time, i think it is 1980 when mr. clark was running against reagan and jimmy carter. otherwise they get about a half a percent or less of the national vote. even ron paul got half a percent, a belief, when he ran in 1988. so we are not talking about a whole lot of votes. so, they could be critical votes in certain states that are...
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nader, who made his name outside of politics and then used his notoriety to fuel a presidential campaign, or someone like ross perot in the 1992 and 1996 elections to was independently wealthy and could find his own -- fund his own campaign. those tend to be charismatic single person candidacy rather than a continuing political movement. this year, for whatever reason, there was not anyone to fit into that. both of the two major parties had expanded their grasp on the electorate. there are fewer people. host: on twitter, did gary johnson take more votes from republicans or democrats, and what are the demographics of third-party voters? guest: for the second part of the question, it is hard to answer. exit polls like any poll had a margin of error. trying to parcel out demographics of support is tough because margin of error overwhelms everything else you have got. gary johnson probably took more votes away from the republicans than he did from obama. even the size of president obama's margins in the various states, there is no state currently in which johnson's marchant -- johnson's vote
nader, who made his name outside of politics and then used his notoriety to fuel a presidential campaign, or someone like ross perot in the 1992 and 1996 elections to was independently wealthy and could find his own -- fund his own campaign. those tend to be charismatic single person candidacy rather than a continuing political movement. this year, for whatever reason, there was not anyone to fit into that. both of the two major parties had expanded their grasp on the electorate. there are...